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ATTORNEY Patented May 4, 1954 UNITED STATl'r TENT OFFICE IN FAN TS GARMENT Application January 30, 1952, Serial No. 268,947

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to sleeping garments and the like, and has particular reference to a novel construction for an iniants night shirt.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an infants night shirt with a novel hand mitten arrangement, whereby the hands may be covered or may be free, as desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide an integral sleeve mitten construction which obviates need for fastening or draw strings.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sleeve blank for a night shirt which is oi special cut, whereby the lower part is readily sewed te provide an integral mitten pocket.

With the above and other objects and advantageous features in view, the invention consists of a novel arrangement of parts more fully disclosed in the detailed description following, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and more specifically defined in the claims appended thereto.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is an elevation of an illustrative infants night shirt embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of one sleeve end, the parts being in hand mittened position;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 2, the parts being in hand free position;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is a detail view ci a sleeve end blank and its associated mitten tip blank.

It has been found desirable to provide an infants night shirt with an integral mitten which may be turned, whereby the infants hands are mittened or are free as desired. To this end, I have formed the sleeves from sleeve blanks which are partially cut away at the lower end to provide a mitten base, and I have secured a mitten top portion over the mitten base to extend above the cut away portion, whereby a mitten pocket is provided at the sleeve end without need for fastening or draw strings, the mitten parts being turnable so as to free the hands of the infrant whenever desired.

Referring to the drawings, the night shirt IIJ is of standard type, with a body Il and sleves I2. The front and back sections I3, I4 of each sleeve, however, are of different length, to provide an integral downwardly extending portion on the front section which forms a mitten back I5, whereby the lower edge of the back section extends across the downwardly extending portion forming the mitten back; a mitten top I6 of greater length than the mitten back I5 is sewed at its side and bottom edges to the side and bottom edges of mitten back and to the lower contiguous sleeve edges of the sections I3, I4 whereby the upper edge I1 of the mitten top overlaps the lower edge i8 of the back sleeve section I 3 and provides a mitten pocket I9, see Fig. 3.

The infants hands thus normally rest in the mitten pocket I9, but may be freed by turning the pocket inside out, see Figs. 4 and 5, whereupon the mitten top I6 is on the outside of the mitten back I and the infants hands are not encased. The sleeve 20 blank and the mitten top blank 2l are illustrated in Fig. 6, ready to be sewed together as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The above described construction utilizes simple and readily manufactured and assembled parts, and eliminates separate fastening or drawing cords. Although I have described the construction as applied to an infants night shirt, it is obvious that changes in the size, shape and arrangement of the parts may be made to provide integral turnable mittens for other types of infants garments.

I claim:

l. An infants night shirt or the like, comprising a body and two sleeves, each sleeve having a front and a back section, the back section being of less length than the front section, whereby the front section has an integral downwardly depending portion providing a mitten back having side edges and a bottom edge, and the lower edge of the back section extends across the depending portion, and a mitten top of greater length than the mitten back and sewed at its side and bottom edges to the side and bottom edges of the depending portion and having an upper portion extending above and in overlapping relation to the lower portion of the back section.

2. An infants night shirt or the like, comprising a body and two sleeves, each sleeve having a front and a back section, the back section being of less length than the front section, whereby the front section has an integral downwardly depending portion providing a mitten back having side edges and a bottom edge, and the lower edge of the back section extends across the depending portion, and a. mitten top of greater length than the mitten back and sewed at its side and bottom edges to the side and bottom edges of the depending portion and the lower contiguous sleeve edges of the front and rear sections and having an upper portion extending above and in overlapping relation to the lower portion of the back section.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,296,966 Kaufman Mar. 11, 1919 1,365,526 Milkes V Jan. 11, 1921 2,336,008 Goodman Dec. 7, 1943 

